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| Health and long-term care use trajectories of older disabled women | | Author(s) | Shahla A Mehdizadeh |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 42, no 3, June 2002 |
| Pages | pp 304-313 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Physical disabilities ; Domiciliary services ; Nursing homes ; Long term ; Usage [services] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A sample of older disabled women in Ohio who completed pre-admission review was divided into three groups on the basis of the setting in which they received their initial long-term care services. The author was able to establish a long-term care career for the sample members, beginning with receiving long-term care in the community, followed by a transition stage in which care was received in the community and in a nursing home, and finally by a stage at which they entered and remained in a nursing home. As the sample proceeded along their long-term care career and their health and disability worsened, a clear shift was found in the kind of care needed from hospital and home care to nursing home care. There was also a shift in the major payer, from Medicare to Medicaid. As the baby boomer generation ages, a much larger number of women will be disabled and need health and long-term care services. For a considerable number of these American women, Medicaid gradually becomes the major payer for care, an issue that needs close observation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020703207 A |
| Classmark | BD: BN: N: LHB: 4Q: QLD: 7T |
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